Machine for making round boxes.



T. J. CLARKE & A. ILLY.

I MACHINE ron MAKING noum) BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. I914.

- Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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T. JLC-LARKE & A. ILLY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ROUND BOXES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. I914.

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T. 1. CLARKE & A. ILLY. MACHINE FOR MAKING ROUND BOXES.

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T. J. CLARKE & A. ILLY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ROUND BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. I914. 1,300,211. Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

THOMAS JAMES CLARKE AND ILLY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOBS TO THE WILLIAM KOEHL COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR MAKING ROUND BOXES.

Original application filed June 26, 1911, Serial No. 635,517. Divided and this application filed May 16, 1914. Serial No. 838,990.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS JAMES CLARKE and ARMANI) ILLY, cltlzens of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Machines for Making Round Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce patent on box making machine now matured into Patent No. 1,098,314 issued on said application for a complete disclosure of the complete machine.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation of the proved machine. v

F'g. 2 is a sectional elevation of the forming heads, frame and forming wheel, showing the parts as they would appear when viewed from the right of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3"3" of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is a side elevation feeding mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the upper portion of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

of the .paper Fig. 6 is a section on the line S -6* of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7" x of Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line -8 8 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the mechanism for applying glue to the Wrapping paper for the box.

Fig. 10 is a section on the line 10"'--10 of Fig. 9..

Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11 '11 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the yieldmg The improved machine comprises the bed plate 1 supported by suitable legs 2, 2 at the corners thereof. Mounted on the bed plate are suitable brackets such as 3'in Fig. 1 for the purpose of supporting the bearings for the auxiliary power shaft 5 of the machine. Also mounted on the bed late is the bracket 6 which supports the eeding mechanism for feeding the box heads and box rings.

Below the bed plate 1 are fastened suitable brackets such as is shown at 8 for supporting the main power shaft 9 of the machine. This main 'power shaft 9 carries the cam. 11 for o erating tle yielding takeup device. On t e end of this shaft is pro vided a hand wheel 17 by which the power shaft may be turned manually.

Mounted under the bed plate. 1 is the bracket 35 carrying the stud 36 on which is mounted the feeding device for the wrapping paper. (See Fig. 4.) The lever 297 is also pivotally mounted on the stud 36 be low the bed platev 1 and is operated by the cam '13 on the shaft 9 for the purpose of moving the locking pin 39. (See Fig. 3.)

Also mounted on the bed plate 1 is the bearing 40 for the link 41 which connects to the link 42, which in turn is connected to the lever 43 which lever operates the yielding takeup device. The lever 43 is mounted to oscillate in the bearing 44 provided on the frame 45 fastened to the bed plate. (See Figs. 10 and 14.) The link 42 is reciprocated by the rotation of the cam 11 on the shaft 9;

Mounted on the shaft 5 at the left hand. end is the box form supporting frame. The frame consists of a sleeve 90 mounted on the shaft; 5, carrying adisk head 31 at the right hand end as shown in Fig. 3. This disk is rovideil with bearings 92 and 93, in which are supported the' box form shafts 94 and 95. The shafts 94 and 95 are alike.

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The shaft 94 carries on the end thereof'one. half of the box form 33, this half consisting of a flange that is formed integrally on the shaft or 1s shrunk thereon. Mounted to 5 slide on this shaft is a. sleeve 96 on the end of which is carried the other half of the box \form 108. These two parts constituting the coin lete box form.

T ese box' forms'are'each provided with' heads 33 and 34. This box forming wheel carries thereon a segmental rack 114 whichengages withthe pinions 100 on the boxforms for rotating.

Forged or shrunk on the shaft 5 is thedisk 31 to which is fastened the frame 32 which rotates with the'shaft.

The shaft 5, disk 31, sleeve 90 and the box forms, etc-., carried thereon are all rotated in unison by a clutch or any other suitable means which will cause the'shaft 5 and the parts connected thereto to rotate a half revolution and then stop with one of the box forms in contact with the fo ming wheel 14 which rotates continuously, it-belng under.-

stood that the box form 33 makes contact with the forming wheel during each odd number revolution of the forming wheel and the box form 34 makes contact with the formin wheel during each even number revolution of the forming wheel. The form- 35 ing wheel is provided with a pressing and turning surface which is adapted to bear against the parts of the box that are assembled on the box-form. It will also be understood that a box ring and a box head 40 will be placed upon the upper box form in any suitable manner and the. frame will then be rotated, bringing the box form to the lowestposition where the box may be wrapped with a strip ofgummed or-pasted paper with the assistance .of the forming wheel 14.

Mounted on the main power shaft 9 as to rotate continuously therewith is the main forming wheel 14. This forming wheel consists of a disk having on the periphery thereof an annular groove 137 which groove extends clear around the disk I V uniform cross sections shown in Fig.3. This main forming wheel can'ies the segmental rack 114 and one or more forming sections arranged in the annular groove 137. These forming sections are for the purpose of pressing the paper against the box as it is delivered from the feed mechanism from the wrapping paper. It will be understood of ered'in one, two or more strips as maybe an adhesive on one side. Preferably extensions thereof at the bottom. .ed on these lateral extensions is a water tank feet center the frame on the tank and serve and: has the course, that this'wrapping'paper is deliv and in contact with the box and is the strip which connects the bottom to the ring-of the box. The second strip of paper is preferably of a different color and is generally for decoration on-ly, and is preferably nar- I make contact with the side of the box and has a flange projecting upwardly from the side thereof with a groove between the flange and-the main portion of the forming section for the purpose of accommodating the socalled French edge of the box. The cylindrical surface presses the wrapping paperagainst the side of the box and the flange turns it around the edge of the box and presses it against the bottom of the box.

The mechanism for coating the wrapping with glue or adhesive and feeding the wrapping paper to the machine will now be described.

Mounted on the bed plate 1 of the machine as shown in Fig. 1, is the supporting frame 45. This frame consists of two arms which extend downward and have lateral Support- 248 under which water tank is provided a gas burner 249 in which gas is burned under a the. tank for the purpose of heating the tank and the water contained therein hot enough to keep paste in proper condition. Supported in the water tank is a paste tank 250. (See Fig. 10). Supported on the water tank is a frame 251 having four feet 252 thereon at the four corners thereof which as a support for the frame when itis desired to take the frame away from the tank and place it elsewhere for any purpose what ever. Supported on this frame 251 are the stationary spools253 and 254which carry the papers with which the boxes. are to be wrapped. In front of these spools are sup; ported the guide rollers 255 and 256 in front of which are the glue rollers 257 and 258 In front of these in turn are the guide rollears 259 and 260. Mounted at the end of the frame is the swinging arm 261 on which are mounted to rotate the guide rollers 26% and 263. The glue rollers 257, and 258 have their .lower side immersed inth'e glue of the glue tank 250. The pa er moves over and under the rollers in the irection indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 10 and as the paper moves the glue roller revolves picking up glue from the tank below and spreads the glue on the scrapers 264 which are yieldingly pressedia against the glue rollers for the urpose of a limited tensi on nftlielpap 7. a

wound therefrom.

is obtained wi'lliiowjbe described.

varies the stern 26 7 tliereo'ri' vwhich stem s cylindrical in shape and. hasthe reduc end 268. thereon, [The disk asse s the lug 1 269; 270 andt2'7l thereon The,"1ug ,269. 1s. v perforated to receive the supporting'pin 272i, mountedontheframe 251 1011 which-pin 272 the disks265 and1266is9fl1ried the roll of y the disk rests. Thepinf272 fis altapered pin and the socketin the in .1269. whichres ceives it is also tapered t e parts being adapted to fit each other snugly so as to avoid wabbling of the diskon its support-V ing pin. Th e upper end fof the perforatien on the lug[ 269 is threaded to .receiverthe'bolt the ready I removal of i the disk I 265 pres vented. v The lug 27 Q is a-lso perforated to reccive'the supporting pin 275. The supportingfpin nearthe guide,.,the weight being bornebyfthe 111272. The lug 271' is provided oIi thedisk 275 for thepurpese of making the! casting interchangeable so that it may be used for formingeither a,

right or. a left disk, The lug1 27llcan be perforated toreceive a pinon the oppo site sidelcorresponding to the pin-27 5,

boring the lug269from the opposite end..

from that shown i'nvFig. land by puttingthe' bolt 3 .'and lock .nut. 274 in to correa spond the disk 265 can be used in the spool 253insteadof in] the spool 254 as is shown in Fig. 9.

Attached togvthe disk 265 is theihousing i 27 6 loosely fastened thereon by several screws 277. This housing has a flange 278 through which the screws 277 may pass. It has also a shoulder 279 between which. shoulder and the disk 275 is a compression spring 280. At the end of thehousing 276 is 'a' collar 281. The inner surface of the housing 276 is tapered at 282 for a purpose that will presently be explained. Inside of the housing and interposed between the reduced end 268 of the pin 267 and, the tapered portion of the housing 282 is a sleeve 283, which sleeve has a reduced end 284 that passes 011E through the opening in the collar 281 and engages with the head or handle 285. The sleeve 283 has a longitudinal groove 286 therein which is engaged by the pin 287 l sma e se tectw th the-r du e end 968 of onthepne side and the ta- H a 'fi] peredfpdrton-a282. of the housing. The e; ns ru t Q1 and: mounting or theispoolby this sleevef283-js iressedeforward and the housingis pressed ackward, by the spiral spring p A 289. This causes .theballs288 to choke bec i 'e e 11 152 an .25 =9 tS, of W sk 7 '65 nd F266 T 'l isk A 25 tween" the reduced end 268 and the tapered portion 282 clutching the .twoparts together.

Itl w'ill beseech that thehousing and the p e-26$ t-always lutchedaw th in h same p y andthe housing even brought closer to the-,disk 265 when the disks 265 and 266 are spaced; farther apart. Between paper which maybeeither wide or narrow according to the kind of work that is being dones therewithlg It is the width of .this paper that determines thespacing apart of the disks 2 65..a1 1d 266asflit is the object of this part of the invention toidraw the disks v v ,265 .and266 together against the paper with 273 and ,the lock nut27 1. The bolt 273 canrbe; adjusted to limitf-the distance of the pm 272 e to enterthe 1 1191 in the] ug 269 byfwhieh y a snug; fit is secured between then'uand a crowding ofpart sthat would interfere with.

-.sion of the spring 280 which will exert a .slightlygreaterpressure on aflroll of wide paper than it will on a roll of narrow paper. To,takethedisks265and 266 apart it is only necessary to pull out on the head -285,and press in on thejhousing 276 which causes the clutch to be opened releasing the pin; 268, permittingthe ready removal of ,the disk 266-from the disk.265.

The guiderollers 255,'=;256, 259 and 260 consist offsleeves withia flange-on each end thereofmounted torotate freely on a sup porting spindle. These rollers have a limited endwise movement .011 their spindles permittingthe rollers to, be separated in the iniddleof a space suflicient to permit of the ready insertion ofthe paper between them. The glue rollers257 and- 258' are supported to rotate on spindles, substantially the same as the guide rollers 255, etc.

After leaving the rollers 259 and 260, the

paper strip passes over the guide rollers 262 7115' and 263 and onto the paper'feeding plate 290. The roller 263 feeds the wide strip of paper and the roller 262 feeds the narrow strip of paper, the wide strip being usually white and the narrow strip colored. The

narrow stip feeds onto the feeding plate 290 though a narrow groove in a plate 291 and the wide strip through a wide groove in the plate 292. The plate 291 is adjustable laterally on the plate 290 on which the plate 292 is also supported, so that the two stri s of paper can be superimposed one on t e other in any desired adjustment. This adjustment'of the plate 291 is secured by providing suitable slots in the plate 290 through which large headed screws pass to engage with the plate 291. vflhese'screws can be loosened and the plate 291 movedlaterally by the screw 291 and the screws tightened up, clamping the plate 290 between the heads of the screws and the plate 291. 4 v

.Mounted on the plate 290 is the upright arm 293 on which-1s carried a sleeve 294 which sleeveis rotatably mounted the pm 295 carrying a finger 296 thereon, the lower end of which presses against the plate 290, or against the stripsof paper that wlll ordinarily lie between the finger 296 and the plate 290. This finger holds the pa er se-. curely in position while at rest ready or thenext forward feed thereof onto the box that is being formed. The plate 290 is supported on the arm 297 pivoted on-the stud 36 car-' ried on the bracket 35 supported from the bed plate 1. The lever 297 is adjustable sidewise on the stud 36 by a construction that will now-be described. The stud has a shoulder 340 thereon, and has a large head antifriction roller 300 thereon which. antiof the shaft, the-feeding plateis moved for-' friction roller is engaged by the cam 13 carried on the shaft 9 so that on the rotation ward toward the lower box form.

A-knife is provided in the forming wheel 14 for severing the paper, which knife leaves nut 304 thereon.

a halfor three projecting. out per surface of this paper is gunmled andas the plate 290 is moved forward bythe cam 13, this gummed upper surface of the paper is applied to the under surface of the box on the lower box form and between the box and the forming wheel. This gummed paper adheres to the box with the box form so that the aper is drawn through the uide and applled to the box until the furt er forward movement of the paper is arrested by the action of the knife, cutting it off. When the feeding plate 290 moves forward-t0 apply the paper to the box, the am 261 supportin the rollers 262 quarters of an inch of paper and 263 must move forwar with it as well.

This arm and its rollers constitute a movable take up device the construction and operation of which will now be described.

The arm 261 is pivoted at 301. Pivoted to the arm 261 at 302 is the pin 303 having a This pin plays into a sleeve 305; between this sleeve 305 and the nut 304 is placed the compression spring 306 surrounding the pin 303. This pm passes it by the spring 314.

from the plate 290. The up- -are fastened at one end to which is being rotated .the link 311 connected to the lever 43, which lever is pivoted at 44 and is attached on its 1 upper end to a link 42. The other end of the link 42 is hung from the bed late 1 by a link 41. The link 42 has .an anti riction roller 312 which bears against the cam- 11 on the power shaft 9 by which it is reciprocated.

' Mounted on the frame 45 is a in 313 to the outer end of which is attache a tension spring 314, the other end of which is attache to the lever 43 and b which the lever 43 and link 311 are norma 1y moved in the direction of the arrow 315. The cam 11 operates to move the lever and link in the opposite direction against the tension of the spring, thus relieving the paper of the tension that would otherwise be thrown upon When the arm 261 moves in the reverse direction, the momentum of it is taken up b the spring 308 by which it is brought gra ually to rest.

The rollers 262 and-263 are mounted on the arm 261 in will now describe.

Fastened on the arm 261 are the pins 316 and 317 on which are mounted to oscillate the sleeves 318 and 319, each of which carries an arm 320 and 321, on which are supported the pins or studs 322 and 323 on which the rollers 263 and 262 are mounted to rotate. Stationary pins 324 and 325 are mounted on the arm 261 and the arms 320 and 321 are pressed back a ainst these pins by the springs 326 and 32, which springs ins 328.and 329 and at the other ends to the arms 320 and 321. Spring 326 is the stifi'er as it puts tension on the roller that carries the'larger paper.

We claim:

1. In a box machine, the combination of a plate, a pair of guides thereon arranged in series for feeding separate overlapping strips of paper thereon, means for adjusting one-of said guides laterally with respect to the other guide, the second guide being placed so as to feed the strip controlled thereby onto the other strip while passing yieldingl the manner 1 over the first guide.

' mittently cause the feeding of the paper carried thereon.

3. In a box machine, the combination of a feed plate, a pair of guides thereon for feeding separate strips of paper thereon, means for shifting said feed plate forward and back to intermittently cause the feed of the paper carried thereon, a supply roll from which said paper strip is drawn, an idle roller over which said strip passes between said feeding plate and said supply roll, a swinging arm on which said idle roller is mounted, said arm swinging forward and back with said feed plate to take up the slack in said paper strip.

4. In a box machine, the combination of a feed plate for supporting a paper strip thereon, a supply roll from which said paper strip is drawn, a swinging arm interposed between said feed plate and said'supply roll, a roller on said swinging arm over which said paper strip passes, means for moving said feed plate forward, means for ,moving said swinging arm forward to adjust it t0 the position of said paper strip, yielding connections between said swinging arm and said last named means.

5. In a box machine, the combination of a feed plate for supporting a paper strip thereon, a supply roll, from which said paper strip is drawn, a swinging arm interposed between said feed plate and said sup-' ply roll, a roller on said swinging arm' over which said paper strip passes, means for moving said feed plate forward, means for moving said swinging arm forward to adjust it to the position of said paper strip,

yielding connections between said swinging arm and said last named means, a glue applying roller interposed between said supply 40 roll and said swinging arm.

6. In a boxmachine, the combination of a feed plate for supporting a paper strip thereon, a supply roll from which said paper strip is drawn, a swinging arm interposed between said feed plate and said supply roll, aroller yieldingly mounted on said swinging arm, over which said paper strip passes, means :for moving said feed plate forward, means for moving said swinging arm for- 5 ward to adjustit to the position of said paper strip, yielding connections between said swinging arm and said last named means.

7 In a box machine, the combination of a feed plate for supporting paper strips thereon, supply rolls from which said paper strips are drawn, a swinging arm interposed between said feed plate and said supply roll, rollers yielding mounted on saidswinging arm over which said paper strips pass, means for ,moving said feed plate forward, means for moving said swinging arm forward to adjust it 'to the position of said paper strips, yielding connections between said swinging t5 arm and said last namedmeans.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS JAMES CLARKE. ARMAND ILLY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM KOEHL, VAN C. EGGLESTON. 

